Amphipterygoidea
| Amphipterygoidea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Amphipterygoidea Selys, 1853[1] |
| Families[2] | |
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| Distribution of Amphipterygoidea | |
Amphipterygoidea is a superfamily of damselflies comprising the families Amphipterygidae, Devadattidae, Rhipidolestidae and Thaumatoneuridae.[2] Together they comprise eight genera and about 60 recognised species distributed in Mesoamerica and eastern Asia.[3]
Taxonomic history
The families now placed in Amphipterygoidea have had varied taxonomic histories. Amphipterygidae formerly included numerous geographically isolated genera from Asia, Africa and the Americas, while Devadattidae was traditionally included within Amphipterygidae, Rhipidolestidae within Megapodagrionidae or Pseudolestidae, and Thaumatoneuridae within Pseudolestidae.[4][5]
Morphological and molecular studies demonstrated that these traditional family concepts did not represent natural evolutionary groups.[6][7][8][9] In 2026, Carter and colleagues recognised Amphipterygoidea to unite Amphipterygidae, Devadattidae, Rhipidolestidae and Thaumatoneuridae as a distinct superfamily of damselflies.[2]
Phylogeny
Relationships among living damselfly superfamilies, based on Carter et al. (2026).[2]
Families
The following families are currently placed in Amphipterygoidea:[2]
- Amphipterygidae – a monogeneric family represented by Amphipteryx, found in Mesoamerica.
- Devadattidae – a monogeneric family represented by Devadatta, distributed in Southeast Asia.
- Rhipidolestidae – four genera occurring in eastern and southeastern Asia.
- Thaumatoneuridae – two genera inhabiting forest streams of Mesoamerica.
Etymology
The superfamily name Amphipterygoidea is derived from the type genus Amphipteryx, with the standard zoological suffix -oidea used for animal superfamilies.
The genus name Amphipteryx is presumably derived from the Greek ἀμφί (amphi, "both", "double" or "on both sides") and πτέρυξ (pteryx, "wing").[1] Although Selys did not explain the name in the original description, the genus was established on the basis of distinctive wing and wing-venation characters.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Selys-Longchamps, E. (1853). "Synopsis des Caloptérygines". Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (in French). 20 (Annexe): 1–73 [66] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Carter, Payton; Goodman, Aaron; Abbott, John; Bota Sierra, Cornelio; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Fomekong Lontchi, Judicael; Frandsen, Paul B.; Gonzalez Mozo, Laura; Guralnick, Rob; Hämäläinen, Matti; Joshi, Shantanu; Kohli, Manpreet K.; Lupiyaningdyah, Pungki; Montana, Katherine O.; Newton, Lacie; Onsongo, Violet; Orr, Albert G.; Pinto, Ângelo Parise; Sanchez-Herrera, Melissa; Sutherland, Laura N.; Theischinger, Gunther; Ware, Jessica L.; Zhang, Haomiao; Kalkman, Vincent J. (2026). "The classification and diversity of extant dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)". International Journal of Odonatology. 29: 95–124. doi:10.48156/1388.2026.1917385.
- ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Fraser, F.C. (1957). A reclassification of the order Odonata. Handbook / Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; 12. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. pp. 133 [60].
- ↑ Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world (3rd ed.). Urbana, Illinois: Charles A. Bridges. p. II.1. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15291.
- ↑ Rehn, A.C. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships of Odonata". Systematic Entomology. 28 (2): 181–239. Bibcode:2003SysEn..28..181R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x.
- ↑ Bybee, S.M.; Ogden, T.H.; Branham, M.A.; Whiting, M.F. (2008). "Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing". Cladistics. 24 (4): 477–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00191.x. PMID 34879634.
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Van Tol, Jan (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ↑ Bybee, S. M.; Kalkman, V. J.; Erickson, R. J.; Frandsen, P. B.; Breinholt, J. W.; Suvorov, A.; Ware, J. L. (2021). "Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 160 107115: 1–15. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16007115B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. hdl:11093/2768. PMID 33609713.